It's actually worse in Italy. I believe that thier PM is still the actual owner of thier biggest TV network. It's an obvious conflict of interest. Bush and Cheney at least had to sell thier stock. Their actions greatly benefit thier rich, oil industry friends, but they can't directly make money off of policy decisions.
A nerdy overweight white guy in his thirties going to the can? He should tatoo tits on his back now and get it over with.
-B
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This is the only comment I've seen from a real poker player.
I've seen hundreds of good players get cleaned out by newbies with insane calls. But as you said, having more money in the pot is a good thing.
NL is so dominant because it's on TV constantly. It's on TV because it's exciting to watch, nothing else. I can't get my newbie friends to even play a 1/2 or 2/4 game. They only want to play tournaments.
Chris Furgeson only is a world champion because he pulled a 9 out of his butt. That bracelet should have gone to T.J.
Have you been to a casino? There are very few people with $100K playing roulette. There are a lot of people with that kind of money playing craps, baccarat, and blackjack. There's a reason for that. Poker is a completely different animal. Poker is a game provided by the house, not against the house. The players pay a fee for the use of the floor space and casino staff in the form of the rake. The game is player vs. player and on any reasonably long period of time, the good players beat the bad players. There are now hundreds of "big time" pro poker players who make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. There are thousands of other people who make thier rent at casino poker and increasingly online. That would not possible with a game like roulette.
From the BBC: The BBC is run in the interests of its viewers and listeners. Twelve governors act as trustees of the public interest and regulate the BBC. They are appointed by the Queen on advice from ministers. Day-to-day BBC operations are run by 16 divisions. Their directors report to the director-general, forming the Executive Committee. It answers to the Board of Governors.
It's like how the US Post Office is run. The government is involved, but not in charge. I was thinking more along the lines of third world state owned TV stations.
I agree that the BBC does a great job. I agree that the major networks are wimps who are leaving out important parts of the story. But FOX really is different. They rabidly publicize the administration party line. It works for two reasons. First, 20% of Americans voted for Bush and actually want to hear the party line. Second, high ranking officials are willing to give exclusives to FOX because they know they're preaching to the faithful and they'll get the kid gloves treatment from reporters. It's the same relationship that leaders of other countries have with state owned stations.
You replied to my comment so I'll take a shot at a response. You mention your friend recieves disability. Is he completely unable to hold a job? There are work groups for people with disabilities of all kinds so they can earn some money and socialize with other people. As for the internet, the only thing I would worry about is him spending tons of money. Look into the software parents use for thier kids and in schools. I can't believe anything on the internet could do more harm than television. My only experience is with real paranoid schizophrenia. That is very pronounced and noticable (after the first few incidents).
Just before the war started, Rumsfeld not only stated that Saddam possesed large quantities of chemical weapons, but Rumsfeld said that he knew exactly where they were. If he had been at all correct, those weapons would have been found within days of the invasion over a year ago.
My roommate and best friend became schizophrenic a few years ago. Yes, that first period is very strange. It's so easy to ignore warning signs because you don't want to accept that your friend is seriously mentally ill.
If your friend says something very odd, instead of letting it go with a "whatever", ask him a question about it. When they answer the question "So how are the neighbors watching you?" with the response "With reflections." (which happened to me) Then it's time to get some help.
My best friend and roommate became schizophrenic while I lived with him. I left the medical stuff to the doctors and just tried to calm him down so he could sleep (which is a big problem when you hear voices). Don't try to argue with them, just make them feel better. I learned that the mental health care system in this country sucks. Unless someone is an imminent danger to themselves or others nobody will see you for several weeks. I made dozens of phone calls saying "my friend is hearing voices". Half of the people were like "suuuure...your friend". The new medications they have are better than the old stuff. The problem with all mental health medications are that people feel "fine" and decide they don't need the medicine anymore. With schizophrenia, that can have disastrous results (my uncle's friend killed his gf that way). This is sad, but don't expect the person to have the same personality that you remember. They're going to be different and you have to deal with that.
I know it's a goofy Ask Slashdot. But considering that Schizophrenia mostly affects males 18-30, I'm sure several Slashdotters out there are dealing with something similar in some way.
Nuclear weapons are dinosaurs. They did their job from 1945 to 1991. Who are we going to nuke now? The North Koreans, who are proposing a peace treaty? Canada? Nukes are weapons of deterence. Osama isn't sitting in his cave thinking, "We shouldn't mess with the US, they might nuke us."
Not always. The Onion has won the humor category every year I can remember. Has it been every year? I've been reading The Onion for years and I think their books are brilliant. Unfortunately, the guys that made it great all got hired into good comedy writing jobs elsewhere. Whitehouse.org has been very good over the past year. Dubya has given them so much good material to work with. The Onion won on the strength of its name.
-B
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That's a good point. Your bouncer friend learned to spot nervous 19 year olds because he sees dozens of them every night. How many terrorists have been caught in US airports? Not many. Also, nobody over 21 is nervous about going into a bar. Millions of people get nervous about boarding a plane.
-B
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All of the 9/11 hijackers had valid state IDs. I think about that while I'm showing my ID to the sixth person in the airport. Speaking of those guys, there was big report released last month showing that the federal TSA baggage screeners were just as incompetent as the private employees they replaced. It's all window dressing to make you feel safe enough to go out and spend your money. Meanwhile, our ports are wide open to someone slapping a stamp on a bomb.
Al-Sadr's army is well coordinated and well disciplined. His soldiers are standing and fighting. 40% of the Iraqi security force is running at the first shots and 10% are turning around and shooting at the Americans. I'll even site Fox News Who has more support?
European and Arab news agencies have been reporting the same abuses since the Red Cross released a scathing report 8 months ago. The disgusting pictures finally made the story too big for the US networks to ignore it any longer.
Arab news organizations have reported extensively on US troops destroying and stealing things in Iraqi homes during search missions. US news also hasn't covered the closings of anti-US publications in Iraq (which set off the current Najaf situation). These are the kinds of stories that the Arab world sees every day. Since most Americans don't see any of that stuff, we have no idea why they're so upset.
And when you consider that advertisers pay Fox several million dollars to use the 10 minutes that the voice actors are not speaking, $85/syllable seems reasonable.
It's the same argument when people figure out how much a ball player makes each time he swings the bat. They imply that it's not right to make so much for something "easy" like swinging a bat or reading a line off a script. As long as someone else is making millions off of these talented people doing anything, they should make as much as they can negotiate for.
That's a well written piece. I liked it, but the author makes a giant mistake. He repeatedly overlays the Piri Reis map with modern maps to show how wrong it is. The modern maps he uses are standard Mercator projection maps. Mercator was a child when Piri Reis drew his map. The maps Piri Reis copied used a strange type of projection involving spherical trigonometry (which was not "invented" until the 1700s) and were centered around Alexandria, Egypt. Obviously the two maps will look different.
The Piri Reis Map was drawn in 1513 by a Turkish admiral. The interesting thing is that on the map he describes how his map was created by piecing together and copying 20 much older maps, some going back to ancient Egypt.
The US Navy map bureau's chief engineer analyzed the map, agreed it was highly accurate, and agreed that the coast line at the bottom could only be the land mass of Antarctica. That coast has been completely obscured by ice for 6000 years.
Unfortunately, the crackpots have given the word "Atlantis" and the search for very ancient advanced cultures a bad name. I want every smart scientific person on Slashdot to take a long look at the map linked below. The information on that map contradicts every mainstream history book. There's a lot more to the story of human civilization than we currently understand.
I used to live in Urbana. The only things worth a crap in Urbana-Champaign are the university and Wolfram Research. The story goes that Stephen Wolfram didn't want to find a new apartment so he started the company there.
Games based on movies do almost always suck, going back to Goonies for the Nintendo. They're created as part of a marketing campaign, not because someone thought of a good game that people will like.
Having said that, I thought Enter the Matrix was cool. Not because the gameplay was that excellent (but it was ok) but because they elaborated on the movie universe with the plot of the game. In the second movie, Naobi shows up and says "the machines are digging" but doesn't really explain how they know that. When you play the game, you find out why she knows. That's a big step up from the mindless Star Wars Pod Racing and those type of movie based games.
The other reply mentions Goldeneye for N64. Yes, it's one of the top 5 games for that system. Yes, it's based a movie. But the feature that made that game famous was its deathmatch, which has nothing to do with the movie.
You're assuming that the safe is this big grey box with a knob on it sitting conspicously on the floor. A good safe is well hidden. It can be in the floor under a small piece of furniture or even behind a picture like in the movies. If a robber doesn't know you have a safe then they won't make you open it.
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It's actually worse in Italy. I believe that thier PM is still the actual owner of thier biggest TV network. It's an obvious conflict of interest. Bush and Cheney at least had to sell thier stock. Their actions greatly benefit thier rich, oil industry friends, but they can't directly make money off of policy decisions.
-B
A nerdy overweight white guy in his thirties going to the can? He should tatoo tits on his back now and get it over with.
-B
This is the only comment I've seen from a real poker player.
I've seen hundreds of good players get cleaned out by newbies with insane calls. But as you said, having more money in the pot is a good thing.
NL is so dominant because it's on TV constantly. It's on TV because it's exciting to watch, nothing else. I can't get my newbie friends to even play a 1/2 or 2/4 game. They only want to play tournaments.
Chris Furgeson only is a world champion because he pulled a 9 out of his butt. That bracelet should have gone to T.J.
-B
Have you been to a casino? There are very few people with $100K playing roulette. There are a lot of people with that kind of money playing craps, baccarat, and blackjack. There's a reason for that.
Poker is a completely different animal. Poker is a game provided by the house, not against the house. The players pay a fee for the use of the floor space and casino staff in the form of the rake. The game is player vs. player and on any reasonably long period of time, the good players beat the bad players. There are now hundreds of "big time" pro poker players who make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. There are thousands of other people who make thier rent at casino poker and increasingly online. That would not possible with a game like roulette.
-B
From the BBC:
The BBC is run in the interests of its viewers and listeners. Twelve governors act as trustees of the public interest and regulate the BBC. They are appointed by the Queen on advice from ministers.
Day-to-day BBC operations are run by 16 divisions. Their directors report to the director-general, forming the Executive Committee. It answers to the Board of Governors.
It's like how the US Post Office is run. The government is involved, but not in charge. I was thinking more along the lines of third world state owned TV stations.
-B
I agree that the BBC does a great job. I agree that the major networks are wimps who are leaving out important parts of the story. But FOX really is different. They rabidly publicize the administration party line. It works for two reasons. First, 20% of Americans voted for Bush and actually want to hear the party line. Second, high ranking officials are willing to give exclusives to FOX because they know they're preaching to the faithful and they'll get the kid gloves treatment from reporters. It's the same relationship that leaders of other countries have with state owned stations.
-B
You replied to my comment so I'll take a shot at a response. You mention your friend recieves disability. Is he completely unable to hold a job? There are work groups for people with disabilities of all kinds so they can earn some money and socialize with other people.
As for the internet, the only thing I would worry about is him spending tons of money. Look into the software parents use for thier kids and in schools. I can't believe anything on the internet could do more harm than television. My only experience is with real paranoid schizophrenia. That is very pronounced and noticable (after the first few incidents).
-B
Just before the war started, Rumsfeld not only stated that Saddam possesed large quantities of chemical weapons, but Rumsfeld said that he knew exactly where they were. If he had been at all correct, those weapons would have been found within days of the invasion over a year ago.
Face it. We were all lied to.
-B
My roommate and best friend became schizophrenic a few years ago. Yes, that first period is very strange. It's so easy to ignore warning signs because you don't want to accept that your friend is seriously mentally ill.
If your friend says something very odd, instead of letting it go with a "whatever", ask him a question about it. When they answer the question "So how are the neighbors watching you?" with the response "With reflections." (which happened to me) Then it's time to get some help.
-B
My best friend and roommate became schizophrenic while I lived with him. I left the medical stuff to the doctors and just tried to calm him down so he could sleep (which is a big problem when you hear voices). Don't try to argue with them, just make them feel better.
I learned that the mental health care system in this country sucks. Unless someone is an imminent danger to themselves or others nobody will see you for several weeks. I made dozens of phone calls saying "my friend is hearing voices". Half of the people were like "suuuure...your friend".
The new medications they have are better than the old stuff. The problem with all mental health medications are that people feel "fine" and decide they don't need the medicine anymore. With schizophrenia, that can have disastrous results (my uncle's friend killed his gf that way). This is sad, but don't expect the person to have the same personality that you remember. They're going to be different and you have to deal with that.
I know it's a goofy Ask Slashdot. But considering that Schizophrenia mostly affects males 18-30, I'm sure several Slashdotters out there are dealing with something similar in some way.
-B
Whitehouse.org is the best of the bunch.
-B
Nuclear weapons are dinosaurs. They did their job from 1945 to 1991. Who are we going to nuke now? The North Koreans, who are proposing a peace treaty? Canada? Nukes are weapons of deterence. Osama isn't sitting in his cave thinking, "We shouldn't mess with the US, they might nuke us."
-B
Not always. The Onion has won the humor category every year I can remember. Has it been every year? I've been reading The Onion for years and I think their books are brilliant. Unfortunately, the guys that made it great all got hired into good comedy writing jobs elsewhere. Whitehouse.org has been very good over the past year. Dubya has given them so much good material to work with. The Onion won on the strength of its name.
-B
That's a good point. Your bouncer friend learned to spot nervous 19 year olds because he sees dozens of them every night. How many terrorists have been caught in US airports? Not many. Also, nobody over 21 is nervous about going into a bar. Millions of people get nervous about boarding a plane.
-B
All of the 9/11 hijackers had valid state IDs. I think about that while I'm showing my ID to the sixth person in the airport. Speaking of those guys, there was big report released last month showing that the federal TSA baggage screeners were just as incompetent as the private employees they replaced. It's all window dressing to make you feel safe enough to go out and spend your money. Meanwhile, our ports are wide open to someone slapping a stamp on a bomb.
-B
Al-Sadr's army is well coordinated and well disciplined. His soldiers are standing and fighting. 40% of the Iraqi security force is running at the first shots and 10% are turning around and shooting at the Americans. I'll even site Fox News Who has more support?
-B
European and Arab news agencies have been reporting the same abuses since the Red Cross released a scathing report 8 months ago. The disgusting pictures finally made the story too big for the US networks to ignore it any longer.
Arab news organizations have reported extensively on US troops destroying and stealing things in Iraqi homes during search missions. US news also hasn't covered the closings of anti-US publications in Iraq (which set off the current Najaf situation). These are the kinds of stories that the Arab world sees every day. Since most Americans don't see any of that stuff, we have no idea why they're so upset.
-B
Now I have. Does the ad server looks for key words in the story to find related ads? If so, then that situation makes plenty of sense.
-B
Slashola does sound better, but it would imply that Slashdot is get cash under the table for favorable stories. I don't think they are.
-B
And when you consider that advertisers pay Fox several million dollars to use the 10 minutes that the voice actors are not speaking, $85/syllable seems reasonable.
It's the same argument when people figure out how much a ball player makes each time he swings the bat. They imply that it's not right to make so much for something "easy" like swinging a bat or reading a line off a script. As long as someone else is making millions off of these talented people doing anything, they should make as much as they can negotiate for.
-B
That's a well written piece. I liked it, but the author makes a giant mistake. He repeatedly overlays the Piri Reis map with modern maps to show how wrong it is. The modern maps he uses are standard Mercator projection maps. Mercator was a child when Piri Reis drew his map. The maps Piri Reis copied used a strange type of projection involving spherical trigonometry (which was not "invented" until the 1700s) and were centered around Alexandria, Egypt. Obviously the two maps will look different.
-B
The Piri Reis Map was drawn in 1513 by a Turkish admiral. The interesting thing is that on the map he describes how his map was created by piecing together and copying 20 much older maps, some going back to ancient Egypt.
The US Navy map bureau's chief engineer analyzed the map, agreed it was highly accurate, and agreed that the coast line at the bottom could only be the land mass of Antarctica. That coast has been completely obscured by ice for 6000 years.
Unfortunately, the crackpots have given the word "Atlantis" and the search for very ancient advanced cultures a bad name. I want every smart scientific person on Slashdot to take a long look at the map linked below. The information on that map contradicts every mainstream history book. There's a lot more to the story of human civilization than we currently understand.
A good picture and story about the map
-B
I used to live in Urbana. The only things worth a crap in Urbana-Champaign are the university and Wolfram Research. The story goes that Stephen Wolfram didn't want to find a new apartment so he started the company there.
-B
Games based on movies do almost always suck, going back to Goonies for the Nintendo. They're created as part of a marketing campaign, not because someone thought of a good game that people will like.
Having said that, I thought Enter the Matrix was cool. Not because the gameplay was that excellent (but it was ok) but because they elaborated on the movie universe with the plot of the game. In the second movie, Naobi shows up and says "the machines are digging" but doesn't really explain how they know that. When you play the game, you find out why she knows. That's a big step up from the mindless Star Wars Pod Racing and those type of movie based games.
The other reply mentions Goldeneye for N64. Yes, it's one of the top 5 games for that system. Yes, it's based a movie. But the feature that made that game famous was its deathmatch, which has nothing to do with the movie.
-B
I absolutely agree about stuff being replacable.
You're assuming that the safe is this big grey box with a knob on it sitting conspicously on the floor. A good safe is well hidden. It can be in the floor under a small piece of furniture or even behind a picture like in the movies. If a robber doesn't know you have a safe then they won't make you open it.
-B